近代早期英国流民问题及流民政策

The Problem of Vagrants in Britain during the Early Modern Times and the Countermeasures

16、1 7世纪前期 ,英国出现了严重的流民问题。为解决长期困扰政府的这一问题 ,英国颁布了一系列法令、法规。流民问题不仅是社会问题 ,也是经济问题和政治问题。在 1 0 0年的时间里 ,英国政府处理这个问题的态度发生了一些变化。在“家长”式管理思想的指导下 ,枢密院发挥了特殊作用。地方政府在解决流民问题上亦发挥了重要的“实验”作用。

The serious problem of vagrants occurred for the first time in the history of Britain during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The British government issued a series of decrees and regulations in an attempt to solve the problem that had long troubled it. The vagrant problem was an economic and political as well as social issue. In coping with this problem for as long as one hundred years, the attitude of the British government changed with the time. Under the guidance of a patriarchal management ideology, the Privy Council played an extraordinary role and the local governments played an important “experimental” role.